06/07/2022

SUCCESS STORY from Krk Island:100th Anniversary of Punat Shipyard

 

President Heri Bezić and his associates from the CCE Rijeka County Chamber attended the 100th Anniversary ceremony of Punat shipyard on the island of Krk, Croatia.
The Punat shipyard is one of the oldest shipyards on the Adriatic. The history of the shipyard dates back to 1922 when the founder and first owner of the Shipyard Nikola Zoric, on an area of 1654 m2, with 11 workers started shipbuilding on the island of Krk. Most of the time, wooden motor yachts of the capacity up to 350 tons were built on only two slipways. They were barges, leuts, cargo ships, fishing boats and yachts - all made of wood, for which this shipyard became widely known.
In the eighties of the last century, the Punat shipyard became the largest shipyard for the construction of wooden ships in Croatia. The foundations of the future shipyard were laid. Punat shipyard was privatized in 1994 and since 2001 has been majority - owned by Marina Punat.

 

Today, with its capacities, the shipyard, in cooperation with business partners, provides a complete overhaul service of all types of working vessels and mega yachts. The 100th anniversary of the Punat shipyard also marked the century of prosperity of the island community, which has developed from a small coastal town into a modern nautical center of European importance.

 

𝗦𝗺𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽𝗯𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝘀 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗲𝘄 𝗯𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗵𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗼𝗺𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝗴𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝗽𝗼𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗮𝗹, either through ship overhaul, building boats and yachts, and ties together the entire nautical sector, from marinas to service to the provision of catering services.

 

President Bezić also pointed out 𝘀𝗺𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽𝗯𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝘀 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗲𝘄 𝗺𝗮𝗻𝘂𝗳𝗮𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗯𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗵𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗼𝗺𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗹𝗹, 𝗱𝗲𝘀𝗽𝗶𝘁𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗶𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗱𝗶𝗳𝗳𝗶𝗰𝘂𝗹𝘁 𝗯𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗱𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀, 𝘀𝘂𝗰𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗳𝘂𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝗿𝗼𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗰 𝘀𝗰𝗲𝗻𝗲.
President Bezić wished the management and employees of the Punat shipyard many more years of successful business. He congratulated them on the valuable anniversary of 100 years of the shipyard's existence on behalf of Croatian Chamber of Economy - Rijeka County Chamber* but also on behalf of @INSULEUR, the Network of the Insular Chambers of Commerce and Industry of the European Union, which continually strives to enhance insular economy development.

 

*𝘊𝘳𝘰𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘢𝘯 𝘊𝘩𝘢𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘌𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘰𝘮𝘺 - 𝘙𝘪𝘫𝘦𝘬𝘢 𝘊𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘺 𝘊𝘩𝘢𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳, 𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘐𝘕𝘚𝘜𝘓𝘌𝘜𝘙